Risk factors for anastomotic leakage after resection for rectal cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 592-598

  Eberl, Thomas ^a   Jagoditsch, Michael ^a   Klingler, Anton ^b   Tschmelitsch, Jörg ^a  

^a KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

^b ASSIGN DATA MANAGEMENT AND BIOSTATISTICS GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anastomotic dehiscence; Rectal cancer resection; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS SCORE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 52049098263     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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